Dr. Linda J. Bufkin

August 20, 2020

Linda J. Bufkin, 71, died peacefully in her sleep on August 20, 2020 at her home in St. Louis.  She will be buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.  A private family memorial service will be held at a later time.

Linda was born on August 1, 1949 at Fort Benning, Georgia to James and Irene Welden.  Linda graduated from the University of Missouri, Columbia with a B.A. in Special Education and later earned her PhD from the same school.  She taught throughout her adult life and finished her career as a Professor at St. Louis University.  She was married to Dan Bufkin for 40 years until he died in 2009.

She is survived by two brothers, James Welden and Dale Welden, her nieces and nephews, Marcy Kollbaum, Nathan Welden, Rachel Park, Benjamin Welden, and Abby Bartelt, and their spouses, and thirteen great nieces and nephews.